Daniel Rein

Daniel Rein is a New York-based pianist, composer and music director. He grew up in Jerusalem amid a cultural mosaic blending Jewish-Christian-Islamic motifs. As an artist shaped by the cultural diversity of his native city, Daniel displays creativity and virtuosity across musical genres.
Daniel spent two years as music director for the Cats European tour and a year as Associate Conductor on the 25th Anniversary Tour of Les Miserables. He was pianist/cover conductor on the Radio City Christmas Spectacular orchestra in 2015-2017, and played piano on the Broadway shows On The Town, Bandstand and Prince Of Broadway. Daniel is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.
Shortly after completing his piano and composition studies at the Jerusalem Academy Of Music, Daniel joined as a faculty member of the cross-disciplinary department at the academy. He later went on to further his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He received scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation for several consecutive years, and is the only musician ever to receive the foundation's scholarships in three different musical areas: classical piano, composition, and jazz piano. He participated in National and international competitions in Israel, Europe and the United States, and performed with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra and the Jerusalem Symphony orchestra. He appeared as a solo pianist on the Israeli national Television and radio, and performed in international festivals, including the Israel Festival, and the International Conference for Jazz Educators in California. He was invited several times to play at official ceremonies on visits of foreign leaders in Israel's presidential residence, and at the swearing-in ceremony of Israel's 31st government. He was also invited to perform at a private party in honor of Nobel Prize winner, Prof. Israel Uman.
Daniel was commissioned to write music for the Israeli Efroni children choir, which was performed live on the Israeli TV, as well as to write music for the Jerusalem Saxophone quartet, which was performed live on the Israeli radio. He was also commissioned to write for the Israeli-Palestinian piano duo Amal.
His chamber opera, The Day That Martin Buber Was Buried, Commissioned by the Revolution Orchestra, was performed at the Tel-Aviv Fringe Opera Center, at Israel's Spring Festival at the "Culture Hall" Rishon-Lezion, and at the Jerusalem Theater.
Recent projects include Her Violet Eye, a song cycle based on Edgar Allan Poe's poetry, soon to be released as an album, and Improvisations On Misirlou, a mini-concerto for piano based on a Greek folk song, premiered in Israel 2015 and recently had its US premier at the Sewanee Music Festival 2017.
His many influences – including classical romantic music, Jazz, Middle-Eastern music and popular music – are reflected in his compositions, as well as in his piano playing.